Chapter 01: No Longer in Remnant

Legends.

Stories.

Myths.

Whether they're true or not, many people pass them on through each and every generation, some of them embellished as tales of Heroes and Villains lay scattered throughout time.

But eventually they are forgotten and fade through the harsh reality of the world and replaced with new ones that will undoubtedly follow in their footsteps.

Such as when Remnant was once called Hyrule or how a single hero clad in green with nothing more than a shield and sword appeared to challenge all that stands in his way.

The Hero was what they called him for his true name was forgotten and though each one was a different person they were often mistaken as the same.

But he also had different titles.

The Hero of Hyrule.

Legendary Hero.

Hero of Time.

Hero of the essence of Time and Nature.

Walker of Winds.

Hero's Shade.

Goddess Knight.

Hero of the Wild.

It goes on and on and only a few remnants of his history remain within deep ruins.

But now the time for a new hero is upon us and fate has decreed on who it will be.

The only thing to see is if this one will survive the trials of the Forgotten Lands before he is ready to make his mark upon the world of Remnant.

"Ow." A voice muttered as a blonde haired, blue eyed seventeen year old teenager tripped over a root, wearing a black hoodie with some armor on it and blue jeans, a sword sheathed to his hip.

Jaune Arc shook his head and pushed himself up, pulling a map out in complete confusion.

"This doesn't make any sense." Jaune muttered as he was in an unfamiliar part of the forest outside of his hometown.

He's been through this forest plenty of times-enough to where he made his own map no matter how hard it was to read it, never once getting lost and he has never seen this area before.

It was also one of the quickest way to get to the nearest town before he heads to Vale to try and register for Beacon.

Beacon Academy being the prestigious school for Huntsmen and Huntresses alike-warriors who protect the innocent.

But now Jaune was incredibly lost-which even he thought was stupid as the forest wasn't this big before-or this foggy.

"It feels like the beginning of one of those bad adventure tales Dad used to read to me." Jaune muttered with a hint of amusement placing his map back in his bag.

He was tensed and ready to pull his sword out if need be but he was nervous.

Truth be told he didn't have any sort of training with a sword at all-being the youngest of seven siblings left for him to be protected a lot-which he thought was stupid as he wanted to try and be a hero like a lot of people in his family were.

"Come on Jaune just keep calm, the Grimm were recently cleared out of this forest." Jaune tried to calm himself down as that was the very reason he chose to sneak out through the forest.

Although it wouldn't be too unusual for there to be a stray or two that survived.

It was times like these that he envied the Faunus for their Night Vision-although he immediately felt bad considering how they're usually treated like lesser beings when they weren't.

"Stop stalling just move on and get out of the forest." Jaune had a grin, not seeing two balls of light floating above him in the tree's, one white and one purple.

Hearing some twigs snap, Jaune turned to see nothing and sighed.

He really needed to think more positive, didn't one of his sisters tell him that the creatures of Grimm are attracted because of negativity?

So he reached into his bag and pulled out a blue instrument-an Ocarina he recalled.

This Ocarina has been in his family for generations alongside Crocea Mors-his weapon and it was given to him by his Dad along with some songs that he was taught.

Raising the instrument to his lips, Jaune began to play a small melody while walking-what was it called again-oh right Saria's Song-he was never told why it was called that but it was one of his favorite songs to play.

It was oddly fitting in this forest and it did uplift his spirits-the fog also seemed to clear up a bit if he was paying any attention while walking.

As he continued however, the two orbs of light suddenly flew in front of Jaune making him hit a shrill note in fear as he stumbled back, tripping on another root before slamming his head into a tree being knocked out.

After a few moments, a third figure appeared from the woods-first only a mask could be seen in the shape of a heart with jagged spikes on the end the mask itself was purple with huge orange eyes.

As it got closer a body followed showing a child with red tunic-like shirt with leaf-like bracers on his arms and leaf-like shorts.

The masked kid gave quite the creepy laugh before lifting the mask to show a creature that wasn't faunus or human, but had a beak on his face as well. "Hee hee, you two fairies did great!" He said with a creepy smile. "I wonder if he has anything good on him."

With that said he placed the mask back on his face and slowly walked up to Jaune, being careful just in case he wasn't really out before he reached him and lightly kicked him.

There was a groan but he didn't open his eyes showing that he was alive but out.

His eyes however were drawn to the Ocarina in his hands and the kid grabbed it curiously.

"Ooh, ooh! What a pretty Ocarina." The Purple Fairy said in awe at it. "Hey Skull Kid, lemme touch it, I wanna see."

As Skull Kid blew a note in the Ocarina the white fairy lightly tapped the purple one. "You can't, Tael." She said to the younger fairy. "What would we do if you dropped it and broke it?! No way you can touch it."

Tael's wings drooped in sadness. "Aw but sis, why can't I try it out too?" He asked in slight dejection.

As Skull Kid continued to try other notes out, none of them noticed Jaune opening his eyes and raising a hand to his pounding head.

"What just-?" Jaune whispered before hearing the Ocarina and looked to see a masked kid with his back turned messing with it.

Jaune slowly got up catching Tael and his sister's attention making them tense and make ringing noises from their bodies.

Skull Kid blinked in confusion at them before slowly turning to see Jaune and jumped, hiding the Ocarina behind his back. "Oh hey, lovely night isn't it?"

Jaune shook his head. "Uh I guess?" He said not sure what was going on. "Hey do you mind giving me my Ocarina back please?"

While he was pretty sure that wouldn't work as this seemed more like a robbery from the stories he read he was willing to try the polite and pacifist way first.

"What Ocarina?" Skull Kid feigned despite knowing fully well what he was talking about.

"Come on this isn't funny, that's a gift from my Dad." Jaune said as he didn't want to lose it.

Skull Kid gave another creepy laugh that made Jaune tense. "Is that so? Well I might give it back," With that said he jumped high into the air, to a nearby tree branch. "If you can catch me sucker!"

With that said he ran-the two fairies right behind him and Jaune was immediately on him, jumping over the tree roots as he didn't have time to be careful.

He was already on thin ice as it is with running away to become a Huntsman, his Dad will kill him if he lost that Ocarina-.

Jaune was unprepared when Skull Kid shot down from above and kicked him into a tree stump before running off through a large log that was in the wall a shadow hiding what was behind it.

"Ow, okay that kid is tough." Jaune muttered rubbing his head as he felt something sticky in his hair showing that he was now bleeding before he felt something poking his leg.

Looking down, he was surprised to see a green gem-like item. "The heck?"

Despite being curious he needed to focus so he grabbed it to inspect later and ran after Skull Kid coming to a clearing where there was a path of stumps going higher heading into a cave up above.

"Okay seriously where did this place come from?" Jaune muttered in slight annoyance.

It was like it appeared overnight.

Seeing as how Skull Kid only had one place to go, Jaune began to run to the stumps using them to jump from one to the other, nearly losing his balance on a few of them before he made it to the cave.

He ran in, coming to a complete stop when he came across a huge pit trying to regain his balance but this time he was unable to and began to fall. "Oh dust!" Jaune screamed in slight fear sounding like a girl-despite how he would forever deny that if anyone else asked.

As he fell however, Jaune swore he saw what looked to be faces made of light flying past him and his left hand began to glow before he somehow landed safely on a giant flower in the middle of a shallow pond.

"I-I'm alive?" Jaune muttered his heart hammering against his chest.

Wait he hit his head-maybe this was a dream-?

A bright light shone on Jaune as he raised an arm to cover it before he saw Skull Kid freaking levitating as he threw the Ocarina up and down with the two fairies next to him. "Did you just scream like a girl?" He asked in a teasing voice full of mirth.

"N-No," Jaune denied before narrowing his eyes not caring if this was a dream or not. "Now give me back the Ocarina."

"Stubborn aren't you? I'll admit I'm impressed that you managed to keep up with me to chase me here." Skull Kid said offhandedly not caring at how Jaune had enough-his patience a bit short from the head injury as he unsheathed Crocea Mors-turning the sheath into a shield. "Oh please like you scare me, do you even know how to use that weapon?"

Jaune felt a flicker of uncertainty at that but he tensed.

Skull Kid saw the uncertainty and chuckled. "I'd just thought I would have a little fun with you but then you proved very persistent," He said his voice taking a darkened edge to it. "Do you really believe you can beat me as I am now? Fool!"

Jaune will admit that the way his voice changed had him scared but he got ready to charge before stumbling as Skull Kid's mask started to shake a weird type of energy coming from it.

The next thing Jaune knew he was weaponless in a dark room with these weird plant-like creatures crowding him.

Taking a step back Jaune ran thinking they were Grimm and he was hoping to find his weapons but he ended up running into a giant one and just like that he was back.

Skull Kid blinked and looked closer as Jaune's form was different.

Seeing the confusion, Jaune looked down in the pond to see his reflection and noted with some fear that he looked like one of those plant creatures from the small dream with orange eyes, an open circular mouth. At least his clothes remained the same and changed to fit his body, the hood of his hoodie pulled over his head.

Still this was humiliating.

Skull Kid threw his head back and laughed. "Hee hee, now that's a good look for you."

Jaune went to shout at him, demand he be changed back but only unintelligible noises came out showing that this form spoke quite differently from humans.

He didn't know how to talk like this.

That only made Skull Kid laugh harder.

"You'll stay here looking like that forever." Skull Kid began to float away.

Seeing that, Jaune went to run after him noting he didn't have Crocea Mors anymore but the white fairy stayed behind and slammed into his head knocking him down.

The fairy then blew a raspberry at Jaune to add insult to that injury not noticing how Skull Kid and Tael were now past the stone door that just opened-Tael however noticed. "S-S-Sis!"

The white fairy turned right as soon as the door closed making her panic. "Whoa! Whoa! Skull Kid I'm still in here," She shouted rushing towards the door. "Tael, you can't leave without me!"

She tackled the door a few times, her wings drooping before turning in anger.

"You!" She flew right at Jaune who just pushed himself up, tackling him again to knock him down once more. "If I wasn't dealing with you I wouldn't have gotten separated from my brother. Well don't just sit there Deku Boy, do something!"

Ignoring the 'Deku' comment Jaune looked at the fairy incredulously before getting angry.

This creature helped robbed him, nearly killed him with his head injury and stood there while her 'friend' turned him into this-this-creature and now she's blaming him?!

Jaune might be a nice guy normally but even he has his limits.

"Why are you looking at me like that? What is there something stuck on my face?" The fairy asked mistaking Jaune's angry look for confusion. "Will you stop staring and just open that door for me?! Come on a helpless, little girl is asking-."

She stopped and flew high when Jaune went to swat her.

You did this to me! He wanted to shouted but what came out was "Y d is o e!"

Needless to say this angered the fairy. "Hey what's the big idea just picking on a helpless little girl?!"

Jaune just glared.

Yeah this coming from the creature that tackled him twice not even a minute ago.

The fairy went quiet as she she thought about it. "Okay maybe I deserve a few swats," She said meekly now realizing the position she was in. "But the longer you mess with me the quicker Skull Kid will get away."

That did it as Jaune wanted to get his Ocarina back and get back to normal.

So with a glare at the fairy, Jaune walked to the door, but he heard her mutter. "Oh Tael, I do hope he's alright."

Remembering how this 'Tael' called her Sis, some of Jaune's anger evaporated as he knew how siblings cared for each other.

"Ne." Jaune tried to say fine but it came out like that.

Upon touching the door, Jaune began to use his now incredibly short and stubby hands to try and open it.

This wasn't good, they'll be trapped here if this doesn't open-.

A part of the door pressed in when Jaune touched it and it opened, allowing for him and the fairy to traverse through the dark hallway but he ran on ahead in an effort to make up for lost time, but his short legs made running pretty hard as he wasn't exactly used to this body yet.

"Hey wait for me," The fairy flew right in front of Jaune when he reached another room, standing on top of a flower like the one in the pond with the door on the other side of the room-where he couldn't exactly jump over there in his current condition. "Don't leave me behind."

The fairy floated there, her wings twitching a bit as she tried to think about what to say while Jaune took a step back for some personal space.

"Um… That stuff back there, I apologize." The fairy muttered showing she had no experience at all apologizing to people. "So… Take me with you."

Jaune just stared at the fairy.

It's joking right?

The fairy could tell what Jaune was thinking this time considering everything that just happened so she quickly spoke up. "You wanna know more about that Skull Kid who just ran off right?" She asked catching Jaune's attention. "Well, I just so happen to have an idea of where he might be going. Take me with you and I'll help you out, deal?"

Jaune continued to stare as he thought it over.

It's true, he had no clue on where this Skull Kid was going and what's more without this fairy he might forever be stuck.

He could barely move-let alone fight without stumbling like this, he can't even speak normally and he had no idea where he was or exactly what was going on.

As much as he hates to admit it, he needs help and can't afford to be picky about who is helping him.

This doesn't mean he was going to suddenly just trust this thing with what happened but he had no choice.

So Jaune gave a nod accepting the deal and could tell the Fairy looked relieved from how fast she flew around him. "Good then it's settled, I'll be your partner from here on-or at least until we catch Skull Kid."

Jaune wasn't so sure about her suddenly being his 'partner' but he gave a nod.

"My name's Tatl, so nice to meet you or whatever." Tatl said a bit awkwardly.

Now Jaune knew if he had a mouth it would be smirking in an attempt not to laugh.

Her name was Tatl and her brother was called Tael?

That was funny.

"Uh I guess we should teach you how to talk like this," Tatl said catching Jaune's attention. "We'll find someone to teach you so come on Deku Boy, let's first teach you a pretty cool thing you can do like this."

Jaune tilted his head as Tatl motioned for him to get on the flower before he gave a cry that sounded like a cat having its tail being stepped on-as he was sucked into it.

"Alright just hold for a few seconds." Tatl called in with Jaune not sure what was going on. "Now imagine being released."

Jaune immediately shot into the air holding two flower petals that were spinning-was he flying?!

For some reason his motion sickness wasn't activating as he did this before he realized that he was slowly losing air.

So it wasn't flying but more like gliding-.

Now he knew what to do.

Jaune quickly made his way across the cavern and landed right next to the door with Tatl giving a nod. "Not bad for a new Scrub." She gave a slight compliment.

Jaune beamed a bit, some of his anger gone at the sudden flight.

That was awesome.

As they continued through the door that opened like the last one, Jaune paled as they were in a room full of platforms-each having Deku Flowers on them but the drop… He couldn't even see the bottom.

"Uh don't focus on the bottom," Tatl said seeing him being nervous. "Just keep a clear head and focus on the platforms."

'I should've stayed home.' Jaune thought a bit resigned as he walked to the Deku Flower.

If he knew running away to try and enter Beacon Academy would lead to this he would've found another way-or just avoid the woods entirely.

There were a few close calls with nearly missing the ledges but eventually Jaune made his way to the end in time to see a tree that looked eerily like how he did at this moment.

"Okay this is a little strange," Tatl mused flying closer to the 'tree'. "Don't you think it's a bit creepy in how you look like this tree?"

Jaune gave a nod of agreement.

"The face looks dark and gloomy, like it would start crying any second now, how sad." Tatl said the words affecting Jaune a bit.

That was when Jaune noticed some weird seeds near it and picked them up, something that Tatl noticed.

"Ooh those are Deku Nuts." She said and Jaune nearly dropped them thinking she meant something else. "They're quite useful because they emit a flash of light when thrown to stun enemies."

Now Jaune blinked and placed them in his hoodie pocket.

It was better to have something to defend himself until he finds out what happened to Crocea Mors and modified Flash Bangs were a pretty good defense to have for now.

As they walked, the path kept getting a bit darker the only source of light Jaune had was Tatl before they were on a weird dirt path that kept twisting to the walls along with him hearing water ahead.

"It's definitely a lot easier to go through here than the other room isn't it?" Tatl spoke up a bit tired of the silence and was willing to carry the whole conversation. "... I really do mean what I said about being sorry back there, Skull Kid isn't usually like that."

Okay now Jaune was interested in this as he looked at Tatl to continue.

"I mean I know he just set a very bad impression but he never did something like what he did to you before," Tatl said a worried tone in her voice. "He usually just pranked people and only stole food-at least until he found that mask."

The conversation would've continued if they didn't enter a new room that looked like an archaeological ruin where they saw a water wheel while a stone door closed behind them much to Jaunes surprise.

"We're in the Clock Tower," Tatl said in relief showing she knew exactly where they were at. "Come on we can enter the town through here."

Jaune took the moment while walking to look at all of the gears that had some rust on them still work in perfect order, walking up the winding staircase after Tatl.

He's never seen anything like this place and to think it was all inside of a mountain-that's where he assumed he was considering the giant hole he fell through.

'No one will ever believe me about this.' Jaune didn't seem to mind that as he continued to walk.

Seeing a large wooden door, Jaune ran to open it only for a voice that wasn't Tatl's to speak up. "You've met with a terrible fate haven't you?"

Both Jaune and Tatl turned, startled by the sudden voice considering neither of them heard any footsteps or tell-tale signs of someone following them, to see an adult with red hair and long pointed ears, wearing an elegant purple robe with an over sized backpack over his shoulders, a lot of masks all around them.

With how big the bag was, Jaune wasn't sure how the man wasn't crushed by it-heck how did he even make it here considering the hell he went through in the last room.

Tatl once she regained her wits quickly hid behind Jaune, shivering in fear.

That was enough for Jaune to give the man a suspicious look.

"I own the Happy Mask Shop, I travel far and wide in search of masks," The man explained with a friendly smile. "During my travels, a very important mask was stolen from me by an imp in the woods."

Now Jaune relaxed a bit while understanding Tatl's fears. This man was a victim just like him and Tatl was worried he would recognize her.

"So here I am at a loss… And now I found you," The man said studying curiously. "Now don't think me rude but I've been following you."

'Yeah because that's not creepy at all.' Jaune couldn't help but think, a bit unnerved by that.

The man's next words however caught his attention.

"For I know a way to return you to your former self," The Man cupped his chin with a smile seeing as how he had Jaune's complete and total attention. "If you can get back the precious item that was stolen from you, I will return you to normal."

Jaune gave an enthusiastic nod showing he understood that.

"In exchange all I ask is that you get back that precious mask that the imp stole from me." The man continued with Jaune giving another nod as it seemed fair. "Quite the simple task right? Why to someone like you it should be no means a difficult task… Except."

Now Jaune was worried about the 'catch' of this deal.

"The one thing is I'm a very busy fellow and I must leave this place in three days." The man said with Jaune understanding that part.

He had to get to Vale in five days to even try to get registered for Beacon so he knew he had to hurry.

"I would be extremely grateful if you could bring it back to me before my time here is up." The man was back to cupping his chin. "But yes… You'll be fine, I can see that you are young and have tremendous courage due to how you chased that imp here, I'm certain you'll find it in no time."

"T i." Jaune tried to say 'Got it' along with giving a nod showing he would do his best turning to exit the Clock Tower, being blinded momentarily by sunlight.

~Dawn of the First Day~

-72 Hours Remain-

Jaune blinked as they were now in the middle of a large town-in the middle of a plaza more likely with a lot of carpenters working.

Where were they-?

"He gives me the creeps!" Tatl said snapping Jaune out of his thoughts. "That Masked Salesmen was the… Sorry just thinking out loud. But three days? Even if we don't sleep that still leaves us with 72 hours to do this. Talk about demanding."

Jaune just shrugged while Tatl sighed.

"Well come on, we're going to see the Great Fairy, if anyone can help us out she will. She watches over everything." Tatl explained to the temporary Deku. "Just between you and me Skull Kid is no match for her."

Jaune tilted his head a bit as he was still having trouble processing what happened.

Fairy's, going through a mountain to end up in a town he's never even heard of? Being changed into a plant.

This was just weird.

"Go to the Shrine near the North Gate, you'll find the Great Fairy there." Tatl gave Jaune the directions but was willing to help him learn his way around Clock Town if he needed it.

So he walked around the town, his head just turning as he saw how small he was to other humans-or were they human? They had the long ears just like that Masked Salesman?

Were they some type of Faunus?

Putting that to the back of his mind, Jaune continued to walk-taking note of an owl statue that was nearby.

Eventually they came across a grassy plain in the North part of this town where Jaune saw a bunch of children playing, a single man in armor holding a spear guarding the way out of town and a cave at the end of the place.

'Weird?' Jaune thought before noticing that despite the sun being out there was a huge shadow so he looked up only to let out a girly scream in his Deku Form causing for Tatl to jump.

Following his gaze, Tatl saw a huge moon-like object high in the sky that appeared larger than this Clock Town in size and the scary part was that it had a freaking face with a large mouth that was gritting its teeth as if in pain and huge foreboding eyes.

"Okay that wasn't there yesterday" Tatl said concern in her tone. "Come on, we should see the Great Fairy now."

Jaune gave a nod of agreement wondering what was going on because last he checked the moon didn't have a face… Plus it was shattered so this really concerned him.

With that said Tatl flew at high speeds right towards the cave opening with Jaune in hot pursuit, stumbling as he did so.

On entering the cave, Tatl gave a short scream surprising Jaune as he saw at the end of the cave was a pond but there were quite a few small fairies. "T-The Great Fairy!"

These Fairies were bigger than Tatl and golden along with flying around frantically within the mountain.

Approaching them, Jaune stepped in the water feeling refreshed as he did so when the Fairies circled around him.

"Young one, please hear my plea," Jaune heard a voice in his head making him stiffen in slight fear. "I have been broken and shattered to pieces by the masked Skull Kid. Please find the one Stray Fairy lost in town and bring her to this Fairy Fountain."

"S-Skull Kid did this?" Tatl asked in disbelief as she heard the voice too. "B-But how?! He never had this sort of power before."

Jaune gave a low gulp.

This was extremely bad.

Two hours passed of running around Clock Town and they found nothing.

Tatl was the translator speaking with the locals while Jaune kept his eyes open for any Stray Fairy and despite their best efforts they came out empty-handed.

"Aw man just where is that Stray Fairy?" Tatl muttered being very frantic. "To think that Skull Kid is strong enough to shatter the Great Fairy, it's unthinkable."

Jaune nodded, a bit annoyed as Tatl kept repeating that under her breath but he didn't try to say anything due to how she was in shock and even if he did try he would just confuse her.

"You have any ideas Deku Boy?" Tatl asked Jaune frowning at the nickname wanting to scream his name was Jaune but he just shrugged.

Hey Tatl was the native here and he was the tourist how was he supposed to know?

"Wow you're really useless." Tatl muttered tactlessly.

That did it.

"T p!" Jaune screamed at Tatl to shut up and began to let out a string of curses that couldn't be understood.

Tatl just shook a bit as if she was rolling her eyes. "Then again it's not your fault." She muttered floating off.

Jaune just glared before he turned and walked off in the opposite direction.

Forget her, he'll find Skull Kid on his own.

Tatl turned and saw him stomping off and went to call out before scoffing. "Whatever he's slowing me down." She muttered flying off to find Tael.

It wasn't her fault that this Deku Boy was useless.

But as she continued to fly she thought about how despite what she did to him he did help her get out of there and turned back to where Jaune walked off towards some concern coursing through her.

'Stupid, little.' Jaune seethed as he stomped through the town.

He was just fine until Tatl and her brother startled him, if they didn't do that he would be in Vale by now instead of stuck as this… What did she call it? A Deku?

Jaune took a deep breath to try and calm himself down, wincing as he was now able to think clearly.

Okay it might've been stupid to walk off when he didn't know this area or even how to communicate but he just couldn't stand being around Tatl any longer.

'Who needs her?' Jaune thought shaking his head and found that in his anger he stomped into a small lake-like area or rather a moat with a single house nearby and a fairy floating above the water-.

Jaune stopped and stared.

It was the Stray Fairy.

Giving a smile, Jaune went to run at the Fairy only to stop as he saw how deep the water was.

Normally that wouldn't bother Jaune but for some reason he was feeling fear in looking at the water.

It wasn't his fear though.

… Can this form swim?

Deciding to test it out, Jaune went to step in the water only to give a cry when he was launched a foot in the air and bounced in place five times before his feet broke through the surface.

Luckily his hands managed to grab the side of the moat and pulled himself to land with difficulty as his legs froze up in the water.

Okay so this form can't swim… But it can skip across the water?

Despite not being sure how that work, Jaune took a deep breath and gave a running start, skipping across the water as he grabbed the Stray Fairy who squeaked.

But then the Stray Fairy noticed how gently Jaune held her while hopping across the water and realized that this could be the chance she was waiting for.

"Please find a way to return me to Great Fairy Mountain in North Clock Town." The Stray Fairy pleaded right as Jaune made it to the other side of the moat feeling some pride.

Jaune gave a nod and turned to leave, the Stray Fairy taking refuge inside of his hood.

Exiting the area and seeing it was called the Laundry Pool for some odd reason, Jaune began to head into the direction he knew the Great Fairy Fountain was before hearing barking.

Jaune barely had time to react when a dog tackled him and pinned him to the ground.

Throwing up his arms in defense, Jaune gave a cry when the dog bit into his arms hearing a crack and reminding him that this form was made out of wood-... Wood!

That's how the water thing worked, wood floated for a bit but eventually sinks-oh crap he's made of wood and at the mercy of a dog.

"Get off of him!" Tatl came out of nowhere and tackled the dog, making it yelp. "Get out of here, shoo!"

She blew a raspberry at the dog as it whined and ran off.

"Damn furball." Tatl muttered before turning to Jaune. "You alright Deku Boy?"

Jaune blinked in surprise holding his now injured and cracked arm, standing up. "U me ck?" He asked trying to say 'You came back?'.

Tatl coughed in embarrassment giving a guess at what he was trying to say. "Well I made a deal remember? We're partners throughout this until we find Skull Kid," She said looking away. "And I don't plan on leaving a partner behind."

Jaune smiled before the Stray Fairy poked out of his hood. "Aw that's sweet."

Tatl gave a start. "Wait you found the Stray Fairy?!" She asked in surprise with Jaune giving a proud nod as she laughed to get rid of her shock. "Wow you are just full of surprises Deku Boy."

Jaune figured that was as close to a compliment as he would get from the Fairy before they made their way to the Fountain together.

Upon entering the small pool of water in the Fountain, Jaune gave a start as not only did his arm heal but the Stray Fairy shot out and joined with the others, creating a blinding flash of light before a single figure floated there with a laugh.

At that point Jaune had to stop himself from staring.

It was a beautiful woman with orange hair, amethyst eyes and fair skin the only thing covering her along with her… Assets, however were vines and he quickly averted his eyes.

You don't live with seven sisters and not learn to be polite in the company of a woman and he was pretty sure the confident pick up lines his Dad taught him wouldn't work here.

This lady was waaaaaay out of his league.

The Great Fairy smiled as she leaned forward looking a little amused as if she could tell what was going through Jaune's head at this moment. "Tatl and you one of altered shape, thank you for returning my broken and shattered body to normal. I am the Great Fairy of Magic."

"-ol." Jaune said in awe.

The Great Fairy gave a chuckle. "Thank you for the compliment," She said understanding him. "And if you want to talk, try from your throat instead of how you spoke as a human."

Jaune blinked and thought about it before he tried.

"-ke dis?"

It wasn't perfect but it was coherent.

"Yes you need to practice however." The Great Fairy said before Tatl made herself known.

"As much as I would love for Deku Boy to learn how to talk so we can communicate we need your help," Tatl said trying to make up for lost time. "We're trying to find the Skull Kid."

"Ah yes, I thought Skull Kid was helping me when he struck." The Great Fairy remarked, a tinge of annoyance in her tone at the memory. "As a result I grew careless and he took advantage of that to shatter me."

With a sigh, the Great Fairy turned as if she was sitting in a chair, her arms crossed across her chest.

"I do not know where he is at this moment," Just like that both Tatl and Jaune grew a little depressed. "But as thanks for returning me to normal, allow me to grant you Magic Power as a sign of gratitude."

Jaune barely had time to comprehend those words as energy flowed through him and he was lifted from the ground for a few seconds.

"Magic Power?" Jaune said actually talking and was proud of himself for that.

"I cannot take away your cursed form, but I can give you a better fighting chance." The Great Fairy elaborated to him.

"But it doesn't do us any good if we don't know where Skull Kid is." Tatl sighed, not being ungrateful but was even more worried for her brother.

"Better den nofink." Jaune tried to say and sighed.

He definitely needed more practice.

"Yeah, you're right." Tatl said with a nod before laughing. "It's great to actually understand you Deku Boy."

Jaune smiled before the Great Fairy gave another laugh. "If I may, I think I might have a solution," She said gaining their attention. "There's a man who lives in the observatory on the outskirts of town who may know the Skull Kid's whereabouts but be careful for you must never underestimate that child's powers, kind young one."

"Noted." Jaune said thinking back to what Skull Kid has shown to be capable of.

"If you ever return to your former shape, come see me," The Great Fairy told him. "I shall give you more help."

With another laugh the Great Fairy disappeared into the pond.

"Alright Deku Boy let's get going." Tatl went to fly off, but Jaune spoke.

"Jaune." He was happy to finally say his name.

"Huh?" Tatl looked at him.

"My name." Jaune spoke slowly to pronounce it correctly. "Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue-ladies love it."

… Okay maybe he should've left that last part out as Tatl just gave him a look.

"Do they?" She asked in amusement.

"Uh well my Mom always said-... Never mind." Jaune muttered in embarrassment.

"Alright Jaune," Tatl said shaking her head, trying not to laugh. "Come on we have an Observatory to get to."

"What do you mean you won't let us out?!" Tatl was in the Guard's face as the man kept Jaune from leaving. "We need to head to the Observatory!"

"I cannot allow for a child to exit the town without a weapon or an adult," The Guard said not even bothered by the screaming fairy. "It's been way too dangerous out there lately."

"I'm Seventeen!" Jaune commented trying to show he wasn't a child but the guard snorted.

"I know the age of a Deku Scrub child, you're no older than nine," The Guard said surprising Jaune as he didn't realize how old this form was. "Now go and play with the other kids."

"Damn it the Great Fairy sent us to head to the Observatory!" Tatl said not budging.

"Yes and I'm a magical Goron." The Guard said without missing a beat, his voice full of sarcasm.

'What was a Goron?' Jaune couldn't help but think before deciding it didn't matter.

"Tatl." Jaune said making the Fairy grumble.

"The nerve of that man, oh he's so important… Not!" Tatl muttered as they walked away.

"Is there anyway out of town?" Jaune asked curiously with Tatl shaking her head.

"No there are only four gates and each of them has a guard that will undoubtedly stop us for the same reason." Tatl said with a sigh. "So we're out of luck right now."

"We'll find a way, we got da Great Fairy back to normal and made it dis far," Jaune said looking at the Clock Tower that you can apparently see from anywhere in town and saw the time. "It's only three in da afternoon right now."

"Yeah, you know you're really getting the hang of speaking now that you know how to." Tatl commented.

"Quick learner, although my throat kind of hurts right now." Jaune rubbed it before stopping as his nose-er snout-whatever the hole is-began to itch.

"Well maybe we should get something to eat while we plan what to do-," Tatl was cut off right as Jaune let out a loud sneeze and a huge snot bubble shot from his snout flying through the air and hitting the wall. "Okay what the hell?!"

Tatl gave Jaune an incredulous look as he looked exhausted by that for some reason.

"Okay I might not be the experts on Deku Scrubs but that is not normal," Tatl said trying to figure out what that was. "And why are you exhausted all of a sudden-."

Then it clicked.

"You're Magic makes a snot bubble?" Tatl asked in a deadpanned tone.

"Don't ask me, I don't know how dis works." Jaune grumbled out sniffling.

Tatl shook her head before looking around and saw a kid trying to pop a balloon that oddly enough had Skull Kid's face on it. "Hey think you can do it again and aim for that balloon?"

Following her line of sight, Jaune smirked. "Gladly." He said imagining that as the real Skull Kid and focused as another snot bubble was forming becoming cross-eyed in the attempt before he fired it and amazingly enough it hit, exploding the balloon.

"Okay not so useless," Tatl said a bit impressed. "But it's still disgusting."

"Hey!" Jaune jumped and turned to see the kid who was aiming at the balloon approaching him, wearing a white shirt, blue shorts and a red cap. "You're the one who popped that balloon right?"

Jaune gave a slow nod as the kid laughed.

"Not bad for a Deku Scrub, the name's Jim."

"Jaune." Jaune said with Jim smiling.

"I couldn't help but overhear your problem with the guard." Jim said with Tatl muttering behind Jaune.

"I bet." She said knowing how Jim was nosy.

"Well we Bombers just so happen to have a hideout in town that leads to the Observatory outside of town." Jim said offhandedly making Jaune and Tatl brighten up as that was incredibly helpful. "You need a code to get in."

After a few seconds Jaune spoke. "So… Are you going to tell us da code?" He asked a bit hesitantly as Jim gained a smirk.

"Don't think you'll get it that easily you have to pass my test first." He said taking two fingers to his mouth and whistled.

Immediately four other kids dressed the same only wearing blue came in and lined up with Jim.

"The five of us will hide in different parts of the town," Jim explained to the now perplexed Jaune. "You have until sundown to find us and then we'll tell you the code-oh and Deku Nuts are unfair because of how bright they are so no using them."

They didn't even give Jaune or Tatl the chance to decline as all five of them took off in different directions.

"... Do we seriously have to play hide and seek with them?" Tatl asked in disbelief while Jaune hung his head a bit.

"We need to get to that Observatory so we need that code." Jaune reminded her.

"Fine but hurry we have less than three hours to find them." Tatl said with Jaune taking off to search for the Bombers.

To Be Continued…

How's that for an opening of a story? Yes Jaune is Link in a way in this story as he kind of fits the criteria in the RWBY show. Blonde, blue-eyed, prefers to use a sword and a shield and is also a good, under-rated strategist.

Just not a good fighter-although that has changed quite a bit for him since the beginning.

And Remnant was once Hyrule-more will be explained on that once the Termina Arc is over and Jaune goes back there but right now Jaune is still the same as he was in Canon and will slowly change into a competent fighter-you'll see how soon.

As for him having the Ocarina of Time I figured that could be like a family heirloom-like how Crocea Mors is and Jaune is a descendant of the Link from Ocarina of Time if you look at it that way. Gorons, Deku's, Zora's, Kokiri's, Gerudo's, Anouki's, Koroks, Sheikahs and Rito's still exist in Remnant but they're currently in hiding.

And I know that it would throw in a wrench in the whole which timeline is this, let's just say that the Goddesses had a hand in trying to fix the whole divergent timeline that happened during Ocarina of Time and leave it at that for now.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will attempt to get more out to you soon.